Being a man of my word here are the first images of the new Aquatica A7D housing, those where taken minutes before the housing shipped out to Berkley White for a field test in Wakatobe (check incoming report from Berkley), talk about fresh from the oven!

The AF-on & * star lever is the same approach as the 5D Mk II jus slide in and out to access the desired button, there is provision for an optional Hydrophone, there is a ON/OFF switch, which BTW is in quite a difficult spot to access, but we insisted on having it, anyone who found that they forgot to switch the camera ON before on older housing will know what it means to have access to that little detail. Optical fiber connectors will be available as well as Nikonos or Ikelite type as well.

The Subal port opening are so small that our gears actually rub on the side of the port and extensions, we are still trying to work our way around that annoying detail, but in light of the D300s & 7D arrival this and other projects had to be backburned for a while, we will get our teeth on them starting in the new years.

can't tell from the photos, but looks like i may have the same problem as with my Aquatica 20D housing of not being able to hold the housing with my right hand, thumb the star button for focus, then trigger the shutter

possible to customize the length of shaft, orient the lever for different hand sizes?

is there a way to do ttl with fiber optics or am i going to have to continue with the Heinrichs & Weikamp?

Stever, It will work with the usual suspect, Sea & Sea and INON with their own version of quenching the light output, pretty much what is being used by the compact folks.

It's a beautiful thing Jean!

Thanks Steve, for a minute I tought you were talking about me, you got me worried there for a second

hold the housing with my right hand, thumb the star button for focus, then trigger the shutter

Stever, that lever is pretty much spot on as ergonomy goes, the housing is quite a bit more streamlined than the A20 was, this lever is pretty much at the same place the 5D Mk II has it and its been commented as very adequate indeed, hence the reason for applying this method on the 7D housing.

Having held the Aquatica 5Dmk2 housing (and met Jean), I can attest to the ergonomics of being able to access the * and/or AF-ON button. Simply flick your thumb over from the handle. The newer housings are a far different from the older ones.